Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays (<i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods
The intercalibration of age readings represents a crucial step in the ageing procedure; the use of different sampling methods, structures, preparation techniques, and ageing criteria can significantly affect age and growth data. This study evaluated the precision and accuracy of ageing for the most...
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| author | Andrea Bellodi Pierluigi Carbonara Kirsteen M. MacKenzie Blondine Agus Karen Bekaert Eleanor S. I. Greenway Maria C. Follesa Manfredi Madia Andrea Massaro Michele Palmisano Chiara Romano Mauro Sinopoli Francesca Ferragut-Perello Kélig Mahé |
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| description | The intercalibration of age readings represents a crucial step in the ageing procedure; the use of different sampling methods, structures, preparation techniques, and ageing criteria can significantly affect age and growth data. This study evaluated the precision and accuracy of ageing for the most important North Atlantic (NA) and Mediterranean (M) ray species, <i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, and <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>, through exchange exercises carried out by readers from different laboratories. In addition, growth parameters were estimated from the obtained data. A total of 663 individual batoids were analysed. <i>R. clavata</i> and <i>R. brachyura</i> samples were obtained from both the NA and the M, while vertebral centra of <i>T. marmorata</i> and <i>D. oxyrinchus</i> were only available for the M. High reading variability was observed for all four evaluated species in terms of CV, APE, and PA. <i>D. oxyrinchus</i> and <i>T. marmorata</i> showed relatively slow growth and the von Bertalanffy model with fixed <i>t</i><sub>0</sub> and Gompertz’s model were, respectively, the most precise models for each of these species. In <i>R. brachyura</i>, females had a faster growth rate compared to combined sexes. The vbt0p proved the most precise model for describing growth in this species, and no statistical differences were found between the NO and the M. For <i>R. clavata</i>, the best-fitting model was the vbt0p for females and males in the NO and for females from the M, while the best-fitting model for males from the M and sexes combined for both areas was log.p. Distinct growth patterns were observed between the two study areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4cb127c60e2646d1b9e4e3cce1a9ac782024-01-26T15:06:45ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372023-12-011312010.3390/biology13010020Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays (<i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>) in European Waters Using Intercalibration MethodsAndrea Bellodi0Pierluigi Carbonara1Kirsteen M. MacKenzie2Blondine Agus3Karen Bekaert4Eleanor S. I. Greenway5Maria C. Follesa6Manfredi Madia7Andrea Massaro8Michele Palmisano9Chiara Romano10Mauro Sinopoli11Francesca Ferragut-Perello12Kélig Mahé13Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, ItalyFondazione COISPA ETS, Via dei Trulli 18/20, 70126 Bari, ItalyIfremer, Fisheries Laboratory, Channel and North Sea Fisheries Research Unit, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer, FranceStazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, ItalyILVO—Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 8400 Oostende, BelgiumAquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09126 Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09126 Cagliari, ItalyAPLYSIA—Ricerche Applicate all’Ecologia e alla Biologia Marina, 57128 Livorno, ItalyFondazione COISPA ETS, Via dei Trulli 18/20, 70126 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, ItalySZN—Sicily Marine Centre, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149 Palermo, ItalyCentre Oceanogràfic de les Balears (COB-IEO), CSIC, Moll de Ponent s/n, 07015 Palma, SpainIfremer, Fisheries Laboratory, Channel and North Sea Fisheries Research Unit, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer, FranceThe intercalibration of age readings represents a crucial step in the ageing procedure; the use of different sampling methods, structures, preparation techniques, and ageing criteria can significantly affect age and growth data. This study evaluated the precision and accuracy of ageing for the most important North Atlantic (NA) and Mediterranean (M) ray species, <i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, and <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>, through exchange exercises carried out by readers from different laboratories. In addition, growth parameters were estimated from the obtained data. A total of 663 individual batoids were analysed. <i>R. clavata</i> and <i>R. brachyura</i> samples were obtained from both the NA and the M, while vertebral centra of <i>T. marmorata</i> and <i>D. oxyrinchus</i> were only available for the M. High reading variability was observed for all four evaluated species in terms of CV, APE, and PA. <i>D. oxyrinchus</i> and <i>T. marmorata</i> showed relatively slow growth and the von Bertalanffy model with fixed <i>t</i><sub>0</sub> and Gompertz’s model were, respectively, the most precise models for each of these species. In <i>R. brachyura</i>, females had a faster growth rate compared to combined sexes. The vbt0p proved the most precise model for describing growth in this species, and no statistical differences were found between the NO and the M. For <i>R. clavata</i>, the best-fitting model was the vbt0p for females and males in the NO and for females from the M, while the best-fitting model for males from the M and sexes combined for both areas was log.p. Distinct growth patterns were observed between the two study areas.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13/1/20growthprecisionaccuracybatoids |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Bellodi Pierluigi Carbonara Kirsteen M. MacKenzie Blondine Agus Karen Bekaert Eleanor S. I. Greenway Maria C. Follesa Manfredi Madia Andrea Massaro Michele Palmisano Chiara Romano Mauro Sinopoli Francesca Ferragut-Perello Kélig Mahé Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays (<i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods Biology growth precision accuracy batoids |
| title | Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays (<i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
| title_full | Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays (<i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
| title_fullStr | Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays (<i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays (<i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
| title_short | Measurement of the Growth of the Main Commercial Rays (<i>Raja clavata</i>, <i>Raja brachyura</i>, <i>Torpedo marmorata</i>, <i>Dipturus oxyrinchus</i>) in European Waters Using Intercalibration Methods |
| title_sort | measurement of the growth of the main commercial rays i raja clavata i i raja brachyura i i torpedo marmorata i i dipturus oxyrinchus i in european waters using intercalibration methods |
| topic | growth precision accuracy batoids |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13/1/20 |
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